Gum-plaster.



No. 688,446. Patented Dec. I0, I90]. H. F.'STEMPEL, 1n. Gum PLASTEB.

(Application filed May 20, 1901.1

m NORRIS vzrzns ca. PMOTO-LITHO WASHINGTON. n. c.

Iowa, have invented certain new and useful pertains to make and use the same.

enced in causing the plaster to adhere to the 2 in the position in which it is applied whether sists in a plaster for'applying medicaments the device being of a size easilycovered by 3 5 sectional View through the plaster.

40 cup forced against that part of the gum to UNIT STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN F. STEMPEL, JR., OF FORT MADISON, IOWA.

GUM-PLASTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 688,446, dated December 10, 1901.

' Application filed May 20,1901. Serial No. 61,108. on specimens.)

To all whom it may concern: U

Be it known that I,HERMAN F. STEMPELJ r. a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Madison, in the county of Lee and-State of Improvements in Gum-Plasters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap- The invention relates to gum-plastersplasters for the treatment of gums.

Heretofore when it was desired to apply a plaster to the gum great difficulty was experigum,'for if the gum were slightly moist the plaster would work loose or shift its position.

The object of the-present invention is to provide a plaster which will securelyhold itself the gum be moist or not. In fact, if moist the plaster will have a greater retaining or adhesive power.

With this object in view the invention conto the gum, consisting ofan elastic cup having a convex inner surface, to which inner surface is securely fixed an absorbent lining for holding and retaining the medicament,

the lips of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the invention, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical In the drawings, A denotes a cup made, preferably, of rubber, and B denotes a piece of absorbent material secured within the cup. The medicamentis placed in the cup and the I which it is desired to apply it and will be socurely retained in position by the suction due to the forcing of the air from out of the cup sphere may be supplied with the medicine,

packed into the cup, and the cup then applied to the gum.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

A plaster for applying medicaments to the gum, consisting of an elastic cup having a convex inner surface, to which inner surface is securely fixed an absorbent lining for holding and retaining the medicament, the device being of a size easily covered by the lips of the wearer, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN F. STEMPEL, JR.

Witnesses:

O. E. HYDE, M. J. GEMMETT, 

